‘Cause We Can’t Have Politics in School: Varsity Cheerleaders Get Put on Probation for Posing with a Trump 2020 Sign

North Carolina’s North Stanly High wants students to show their school colors but not their political ones.

On August 30th — before a Friday night football home game — a group from the cheer squad posed with a banner that read…**Trigger Warning**…”Trump 2020: ‘Make America Great Again.’”

EGAD!

North Carolina high school cheerleaders on probation after posing with Trump 2020 sign https://t.co/zPZWKsg9p7 pic.twitter.com/NpiaJpVeMM

— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) September 17, 2019

Photos of the ghastly endeavor made their way across social media, and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association acted fast.

According to the Daily Mail, the entire squad was placed on “probation” which means they can’t cheer for one year.

The Associated Press reports Stanly County Schools Superintendent Jeff James made clear the intention of the probation: To make sure the guilty gals “don’t do it again.”

And why? Because all NC high schools have a policy against students displaying political signs.

Officials explained:

“The focus of Friday night football games should be on our students – the players, cheerleaders, band members – the focus should not be on politics. For this reason, we are hopeful the situation will resolve, and our student athletes can have a successful fall season.”

But some are calling hogwash: A Facebook event was created, encouraging backers of the girls to attend  this week’s game in support.

The event page reads as follows:

The North Stanly High School cheerleaders have been wrongly put on probation by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for the rest of the football season because of holding up a Trump banner before a home game on 8-30-2019,’ the event page reads.

Please come out and help me show the school and the NCHSAA that freedom of speech is not dead. Please bring all your Trump and MAGA gear and lets throw our support behind the North Stanly High School cheerleaders.

So school shouldn’t be about politics? That sounds great; how do we get politics out of it? From the looks of the last year’s headlines, it seems that’s all school is.

In the meantime, there is one bit of good news:

The cheerleaders will be on probation for a year but are expected to continue cheering.

Punishment ain’t what it used to be.

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